diff --git a/components/email/__tests__/composer-close-guard.test.tsx b/components/email/__tests__/composer-close-guard.test.tsx
index 3eab0edba..b1524987e 100644
--- a/components/email/__tests__/composer-close-guard.test.tsx
+++ b/components/email/__tests__/composer-close-guard.test.tsx
@@ -411,6 +411,24 @@ describe('composer close guard with a follow-up', () => {
     expect(onDiscardDraft).toHaveBeenCalledWith('draft-9', expect.anything());
   });
 
+  // compose-19: the keys people bring from other mail apps.
+  it('saves the draft on Ctrl+S, and keeps the browser from saving the page', async () => {
+    const createDraft = savingClient();
+    renderWithCloseRef();
+    const subject = screen.getByDisplayValue('Half-written more');
+    expect(fireEvent.keyDown(subject, { key: 's', ctrlKey: true })).toBe(false);
+    await waitFor(() => expect(createDraft).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+  });
+
+  it('shows Cc on Ctrl+Shift+C and Bcc on Ctrl+Shift+B, and puts the cursor there', async () => {
+    renderWithCloseRef();
+    const subject = screen.getByDisplayValue('Half-written more');
+    expect(fireEvent.keyDown(subject, { key: 'C', ctrlKey: true, shiftKey: true })).toBe(false);
+    await waitFor(() => expect(document.activeElement).toBe(screen.getByRole('combobox', { name: 'cc_label' })));
+    expect(fireEvent.keyDown(subject, { key: 'B', ctrlKey: true, shiftKey: true })).toBe(false);
+    await waitFor(() => expect(document.activeElement).toBe(screen.getByRole('combobox', { name: 'bcc_label' })));
+  });
+
   it('closes straight through when there is nothing to lose', async () => {
     draftToast.showDraftSavedToast.mockClear();
     const requestCloseRef = { current: null } as React.MutableRefObject<((afterClose?: () => void) => void) | null>;
diff --git a/components/email/__tests__/rich-text-editor-link-dialog.test.tsx b/components/email/__tests__/rich-text-editor-link-dialog.test.tsx
index e815efa53..c15a51ce4 100644
--- a/components/email/__tests__/rich-text-editor-link-dialog.test.tsx
+++ b/components/email/__tests__/rich-text-editor-link-dialog.test.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ describe('Insert link', () => {
     expect(editor.getHTML()).toContain('href="https://example.com/docs"');
   });
 
+  it('opens on Ctrl+K in the text, as in Gmail, Outlook and Word', async () => {
+    const editor = await setup('<p>docs here</p>');
+    act(() => { editor.commands.setTextSelection({ from: 1, to: 5 }); });
+
+    const event = new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'k', ctrlKey: true, bubbles: true, cancelable: true });
+    act(() => { editor.view.dom.dispatchEvent(event); });
+
+    expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+    expect(screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: 'insert_link' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
   it('removes a link from the dialog', async () => {
     const editor = await setup('<p><a href="https://example.com">docs</a> here</p>');
     act(() => { editor.commands.setTextSelection(2); });
diff --git a/components/email/email-composer.tsx b/components/email/email-composer.tsx
index 0f0da05c1..05c4fb78c 100644
--- a/components/email/email-composer.tsx
+++ b/components/email/email-composer.tsx
@@ -4805,6 +4805,25 @@ export function EmailComposer({
     const isSendShortcut = e.key === 'Enter' && hasPrimaryModifier && !e.altKey && !e.shiftKey;
     const isScheduleShortcut = e.key === 'Enter' && hasPrimaryModifier && !e.altKey && e.shiftKey;
     if (!isPlainEscape && !isSendShortcut && !isScheduleShortcut) {
+      // Ctrl+S saves the draft (Outlook, Thunderbird, Apple Mail), not the
+      // page; Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+B show Cc and Bcc (Gmail).
+      const key = e.key.toLowerCase();
+      if (hasPrimaryModifier && !e.altKey && !e.shiftKey && key === 's') {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        if (!isSavingAndClosing) void saveDraft({ announce: true });
+        return;
+      }
+      if (hasPrimaryModifier && !e.altKey && e.shiftKey && (key === 'c' || key === 'b')) {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        if (key === 'c') {
+          setShowCc(true);
+          setTimeout(() => ccInputRef.current?.focus(), 0);
+        } else {
+          setShowBcc(true);
+          setTimeout(() => bccInputRef.current?.focus(), 0);
+        }
+        return;
+      }
       // A plugin's composer button with a shortcut (composer-toolbar-actions)
       // works while the composer has focus, also while typing.
       if (!e.altKey && !hasPrimaryModifier) return;
diff --git a/components/email/rich-text-editor.tsx b/components/email/rich-text-editor.tsx
index 532291294..a18d8252e 100644
--- a/components/email/rich-text-editor.tsx
+++ b/components/email/rich-text-editor.tsx
@@ -496,6 +496,8 @@ export function RichTextEditor({
   // Images waiting for a description, one dialog at a time: a new image is
   // found by its src (it has no alt yet), an existing one by its position.
   const [altQueue, setAltQueue] = useState<AltRequest[]>([]);
+  // Insert link, for the key handler set up with the editor.
+  const addLinkRef = useRef<(() => void) | null>(null);
 
   const editor = useEditor({
     extensions: [
@@ -598,6 +600,12 @@ export function RichTextEditor({
           event.preventDefault();
           return true;
         }
+        // Ctrl+K inserts a link, as in Gmail, Outlook and Word.
+        if ((event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey) && !event.shiftKey && !event.altKey && event.key.toLowerCase() === "k" && addLinkRef.current) {
+          event.preventDefault();
+          addLinkRef.current();
+          return true;
+        }
         return false;
       },
       handleDrop: (view, event) => {
@@ -727,6 +735,7 @@ export function RichTextEditor({
     const { from, to } = editor.state.selection;
     setLinkDialog({ href: previousUrl ?? "", from, to });
   }, [editor]);
+  addLinkRef.current = addLink;
   const applyLink = useCallback((url: string) => {
     if (!editor || !linkDialog) return;
     editor
diff --git a/lib/keyboard-shortcuts/mail.ts b/lib/keyboard-shortcuts/mail.ts
index bfc88af5e..9d39a0008 100644
--- a/lib/keyboard-shortcuts/mail.ts
+++ b/lib/keyboard-shortcuts/mail.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ export const MAIL_SHORTCUTS = {
   composer: [
     { key: "Mod + Enter", description: "shortcuts.composer.send" },
     { key: "Mod + Shift + Enter", description: "shortcuts.composer.schedule_send" },
-    { key: "t", description: "shortcuts.composer.template_picker" },
+    // "t" opens templates only outside a text field, so it isn't listed: in the composer it types a t.
+    { key: "Mod + S", description: "compose_ux.shortcut_save_draft" },
+    { key: "Mod + K", description: "compose_ux.shortcut_insert_link" },
+    { key: "Mod + Shift + C", description: "compose_ux.shortcut_show_cc" },
+    { key: "Mod + Shift + B", description: "compose_ux.shortcut_show_bcc" },
     // Proofreading (components/email/proofreading); shown even without a checker.
     { key: "Mod + '", description: "proofreading.shortcuts.next_issue" },
     { key: "Mod + ;", description: "proofreading.shortcuts.previous_issue" },